Scott Silliman
Scott Silliman | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Military Commission Review | |
Assumed office September 12, 2012 |
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Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | William Coleman |
Personal details | |
Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
Alma mater | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Scott L. Silliman is a Professor of the Practice of Law at Duke Law School, and Executive Director of Duke Law School's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.[1][2][3] He is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC),[4] and at North Carolina Central University.[5]
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Education
Silliman received his B.A. in Philosophy (1965) and his J.D. (1968) from UNC.[6]
Career
Silliman was a military attorney, called to active duty as an Air Force judge advocate in 1968, and later a staff judge advocate (senior attorney) and, in his last assignments, the senior attorney for Tactical Air Command[6][7] and later Air Combat Command.[8][9][10] During the 1991 Persian Gulf War, he supervised deployment of all Air Force attorneys.[11][12] In 1993, he retired from the Air Force as a colonel.[12][13]
Silliman is an expert on national security law,[14][15][16][17] military law,[18][19][20][21] and the law of armed conflict.[22][23]
His views have been cited in various media, including by The New York Times,[23][24] The Washington Post,[25] The Boston Globe,[26] The Christian Science Monitor,[27] Newsweek,[28] The Guardian,[29] NPR,[30] USA Today, and the New York Daily News.[31]
Works
Select articles
- "Robinson O. Everett and National Security", 59 DUKE L. J. 1447 (2010)
- "Prosecuting Alleged Terrorists by Military Commission: A Prudent Option", 42 CASE W. RES. J. INT’L L. 289 (2009)
- "On Military Commissions", 36 CASE W. RES. J. INT’L L. 529 (2004)
- "Troubling Questions in Interrogating Terrorists", 90 DUKE MAG., September–October 2004
- "Detaining Terrorists at Guantanamo Bay: Questions of Law and Policy", 25 NAT’L SEC. L. REP. 1 (2003)
- "The Iraqi Quagmire: Enforcing the No-Fly Zones", 36 NEW ENG. L. REV. 767 (2002)
Testimony to the Senate
- Testimony on Hamdan v. Rumsfield: Establishing a Constitutional Process", U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, July 11, 2006
Interviews
- "Morning Edition", NPR, September 8, 2006
- Interview, CNN, January 14, 2003
- "Separating the Sexes", The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", PBS, March 16, 1998
Major service awards
- Legion of Merit
- Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
- Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
References
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Preceded by | Judge of the United States Court of Military Commission Review 2012–present |
Incumbent |
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